All seven films in the science fiction franchise thus far in planet of the apes 1968 a group of astronauts led by george taylor charlton heston crash lands on a strange planet where mute humans are treated as slaves by intelligent apes taylor is hunted down and captured by horse riding gorillas and then taken for experimentation by sympathetic chimpanzee dr zira kim hunter when zira discovers taylors intelligence she and her fianc cornelius roddy mc dowall appeal to the gove